“Do you want to call out today? Tell them you’re not feeling well?”

“No, I can’t do that to the others, they have lives too, you know, and they didn’t sign up for my personal drama. I’ll be fine, Ryder, don’t worry about me.” I had to say those words because what else was I going to say? But deep inside, I was a mess and trying very hard to hold onto my sanity.

I find myself caught up in a melee of troubling thoughts that don’t sit well with me, and there was ...